Hermetic envelope for cigars



.Fufiy 16, 1935 w. E. BRADEN 2,008,606

HERMETIC ENVELOPE FOR CIGARS Filed Sept. 9, 1935 INVENTOR waldo E. Braden TTORNEY Patented July 16, 1935 UNITED: STATES PATENT? OFFICE. F

In Great Britain Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in the packing of cigars for use, for example, in hot or humid climates, and provides a form of hermetic envelope for each cigar which is substantially 5 air-tight and water-tight, so as to prevent deterioration of the cigar.

According to this invention, each cigar is packed in a sheath or container preferably of substantially cylindrical shape formed of soft metal or other suitable material, one end of said sheath being permanently closed, and the other end being adapted to receive a tightly fitted stopper. The permanently closed end of the sheath can if desired, be domed or otherwise shaped to correspond with the end of the cigar contained there- Y The said invention also contemplates a convenient means for readily and quickly opening the sheath to allow the removal of a cigar stored or packed therein.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in central longitudinal section of the improved hermetic envelope and means for opening the same.

Figure 2 is a detail view of a shoe and wire for opening the envelope.

Figure 3 shows a modification oi the closure or stopper employed for closing the envelope. I

Figure 4 illustrates a method of securing one end of a wire for opening the envelope.

As shown in this drawing a is an envelope or sheath of tubular or like shape formed of soft metal, celluloid or other suitable material, having a permanently closed end I), and c is a stopper fitting closely in the opposite end in which it can be held by turning over the outer end (I of the said sheath.

After a cigar has been inserted in the sheath through the open end thereof, this end of the sheath is closed by the stopper, of metal or other suitable material, which is pressed within the end of the tube to a sufiicient distance to allow the end or rim of the sheath, made of a suitable ductile material, to be bent or spun inwards over the outside surface of the stopper to secure the stopper in place, thus providing a closed joint or seal preventing access of moisture to the interior ofthe sheath.

The means for opening the sheath comprises a shoe e of thin metal or other material of a rigid nature having a thin wire or like flexible ripping member attached thereto by one of its ends. This shoe is moulded or pressed to ashape conforming with that of the closed end of the sheath and iswplaced in the sheath before the September 14, 1932 cigar is placed therein. The shoe can be held in position in the sheath by compressing or spinning a rib f, or providing a suitable projection within the sheath to prevent movement of the shoe.

A thin wire, thread or like ripping member g 5 attached to the shoe is of such a length that it projects from the open end of the sheath and. when the stopper is inserted in the sheath one end of the wire passes out of the sheath between the inner wall of the latter and the said stopper. 10

vThe part'of the wire outside the stopper can be bent to the form of a ring it, or it can be attached to a ring or disc of a suitable shape so that it can be conveniently grasped to allow" a pulling action to be exerted on the wire.

This ring or disc can be lodged Within the open end of the sheath on the outside of the stopper and may be combined with a seal 2' or secured under 2. seal which must be broken to release the ring or disc. against the parts of the sheath bent inwardly over the outside surface of the stopper, so as to hold the'latter more securely in position.

In cases Where the sheath is formed of celluloid or similar material, the stopper is provided 25 with parts 7', as shown in Figure 3 adapted to be bent outwardly over the rim or edges of the sheath so as to be closely against the exterior surface thereof, and form a moisture proof joint therewith.

To open the sheath so that a cigar held therein can be removed, the ring or disc is grasped and pulled so as to sever or rip the sheath longitudinally to provide an opening through which the cigar can be taken out. 35

In an alternative construction, Figure 4, the shoe is dispensed with and the thin wire is soldered as at k to the domed or otherwise shaped end of the sheath, but it is usually preferable to 40 provide a shoe of hard metal which provides a. better anchorage for the wire.

I claim:

l. A hermetic envelope of soft metal for a cigar, a stopper for closing one end of the envelope, a 5 shoe secured within the envelope adjacent its lower closed end, and a wire attached at one end to the shoe and having its other end outside the envelope.

2. A hermetic envelope for a cigar, a stopper for 50 closing one end of the envelope, an anchorage adjacent the lower inner end of the envelope, a wire having one end secured to the anchorage, and the other end extending out of the envelope between the inner wall of the envelope and the 55 The said seal may fit closely over or 20 I stopper, and a ring attached to the outer end of the wire.

3. A hermetic envelope for a cigar, a stopper for closing one end of the envelope, an anchorage adjacent the lower inner end of the envelope, 2. wire having one end secured to the anchorage and the other end outside the envelope, a ring attached to the outer end of the wire, a seating for such ring within the end of the envelope but outside the stopper, and a seal at the extreme end of the envelope enclosing the ring.

4. A hermetic envelope of soft metal for a cigar, a stopper for closing one end of the envelope, an anchorage within the envelope, and a flexible ripping member having one end thereof secured to the anchorage and the other end outside the envelope, the flexible member ripping the envelope longitudinally when theouter end of such member is grasped and pulled.

5. A hermetic envelope for a cigar, a stopper for closing one end of the envelope, an anchorage adjacent the lower end of the envelope, a flexible ripping member having one end secured to the anchorage and the other end extending out of the envelope between the inner wall of the envel ope and the stopper, and. a finger piece attached to the outer end of the ripping member.

WALDO EDWARD BRADEN. 

